Oklahoma Renaissance Festival - Muskogee, Oklahoma

Felix T. C.

This place is truly amazing and the shows are absolutely incredible. However, I did find the prices to be a bit high and some items seemed to be overly expensive. For example, $18 for a turkey leg seemed unreasonable to me.

On a positive note, the atmosphere is fantastic and the workers are incredibly respectful and easy to get along with. The shows are definitely the highlight of the experience. There are also plenty of activities for kids to enjoy.

Bill O.

Google maps asked me "How was the Oklahoma Renaissance Festival?" and "Has the Castle changed". I worked at the Castle for nearly 20 years; ten years of that as the Site Director. Has it changed? YES! The story of the Castle's origin is fascinating, and worthy of a book itself. When I joined, the village was a cluster of ten or so rectangular single story huts. By the time a stroke forced me to retire, it was a happy jumble of multi story varied buildings, reminiscent of an actual sixteenth-century English village. So has the Castle changed? Yes, in ways small and large it has grown to exceed all expectations. But the Rennaissance Festival has changed as well, and definitely for the better. From the earliest years when the patrons were mostly bewildered at the music and din and the nervous novelty of having performers coming right up and interacting with the audience, the Faire itself has grown to be one of the best of it's kind in the nation. There are two or three - no more than five - that are spoken of in awe by the vendors and performers who travel from state to state and make such ephemeral wonders possible, and the truly hard-core Renfaire fans who travel to attend. The Oklahoma Renaissance Festival is that type of Faire, worthy of any difficulty one must overcome to get there. It is a dazzling festival and it is quietly charming. To return regularly is to be reunited in a family you might see only once a year but hold in your heart all the time. My wife and I were there long enough to see a generation grow up and have children and for those children to become a part of today's faire - we call them "our castle kids". And thru it all there has been change. Larger buildings in a larger village. Larger cast of performers putting on bigger and more ambitious shows. Performers grown up and grown old and some who now exist only in our hearts and the stories we tell. Bright young replacements that delight and amaze new, larger audiences who flock to Castleton in late spring each year. Has it changed? Oh yes, in the most wonderful, surprising ways. If you haven't come to Muskogee in May yet, come and see for yourself. If you have visited Castleton before, welcome home, it will be good to see your friends.

October 5, 2024

Once again, Google maps noted I had visited the Castle of Muskogee and asked "How was the Oklahoma Renaissance Festival?" and "Has it changed?" I'LL SAY IT'S CHANGED! It's changed to the Haunted Castle Halloween Festival. As it always does every year between a date in late September and Halloween. Castleton gets a makeover. Patrons used to suggest to me that we extend the hours for renaissance festival and remain open into the late evening to give them the experience of a 16th century English village after dark. I'm sure they meant well, but an English village in the middle ages was a very quiet place after dark. People went to sleep when it got dark. No lights, and candles were expensive. Well Haunted Castle gives them their evening in Castleton. In addition to Haunted Attractions ranging from fun to terrifying, there are the street characters one finds in renfaire, but they aren't constrained to any particular time, or even a particular universe, and are more likely to be DC characters, or less well known beings. Admission to the village is FREE and guests can wander the village filled with delicious food and shopping and watching the merriment, only paying admission to the individual haunted attractions if you choose to buy a ticket and go thru them. I am proud to say that I directed the scariest attraction "Domus Horrificus" for 16 years and people, there is nothing more fun than scaring the pants off of willing patrons. Not only - within these carefully constructed scenes - do we have permission to scare other adult human beings (something that is frowned upon at the grocery store or restaurant), they have paid for that very experience. Well OK, if you insist.... Mwoohahaha.

Thomas K. I.

Fun for any who dream of life in the 1400-1700 era. With modern day hidden in the background of course. Then throw in 2024 Halloween and it's a party. I must admit, it is more of a 40 and under scene. The ground is uneven, there are many stairs throughout the park and in that era seniors were already buried.

Leslie B.

So awesome! I had no clue it was so entailed! The buildings, the neat paths through the woods! Just all of it so cool! I went with my daughter and her friend because they had an extra ticket.

Rebecca L.

Oh the wonder and magic of Christmas can be found here. It was enchanting and fun. Pricey but fun

Casey M.

It was a great experience. We went during the Halloween haunted castle. Events, we had a blast.
The trail of blood is definitely worth it. Lots of jumps and scares
And the jesters, revenge
Was extremely trippy, the 3D glasses you wear. Make everything pop out at you. And the spinning vortex that you walk into when you first enter almost makes it where you can't walk anymore. We'll definitely be going back. I'm bringing.
Our kids to the other events
It was a great night of laughs frights.
And food, turkey legs are amazing there

Joseph G.

The Castle of Muskogee was an incredible time for me and my friends. I must do it again next weekend!

Gabe A.

It was my first real Renaissance festival, and I had a blast. I will be returning next year!